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I would never put myself in the position of any of the security officials here to say whether or not this is the appropriate response. it is a question that was posed to the israeli police. they say that they treat every incident on a case by case basis, and in this case security police assessed that this individual posed an immediate threat. he did not heed their orders to stop and as a result they opened fire and killed him. >> lets take a look at the body bag and the police removing it now. w...

Theyre behind the barrier. and as individuals approach that barrier, they ask them to either lift their shirts up, to show their hands, bring their i.d.s. they ask them a few questions. in this particular case, as i was saying, just before that incident happened, they had stopped at least three palestinian men, by my count that i saw, and in that process, all three of those individuals were let go. this individual, though, he did not stop. he came running around the corner, and as he ran around ...

Evade them. as he was evading them, thats when they opened fire. what i saw and where we were as we were preparing to broadcast live for your show, josé, we saw him as he was evading and coming across the corner from the checkpoint. i didnt witness him stab anybody, but i heard the israeli police shout at him to stop. he did not. he made it halfway down the stairs into the well that leads to the old city before he was shot. at that point both the israeli security presence here and the police th...

As he walked down these stairs the police did attempt to tell him to stop. they -- he at that point the individual dressed in camouflage did not heed those calls, continued to run maybe about 50 or so yards right into the center there of that main amphitheater, if you will, that leads ultimately into the damascus gate into the old city. it was by the time that he got there he had already been shot several times. you can see now municipality workers cleaning the scene of where that shooting took ...

For all rockets in the sense that any group that fires rockets from the gaza strip into israel, israel holds hamas responsible for that particular incident. as weve seen protests and demonstrations take place in the west bank, these stabbing incidents taking place in east jerusalem and elsewhere inside israel, weve also seen mounting pressure inside the gaza strip. air strikes, palestinian rockets, and in recent days there have been, in the eyes of palestinians there, what they described as civi...

That individual has underneath their clothing. maybe a suicide vest. its been used a lot. and already had apparently an incident where he tried to stab, kill, an israeli. so what you saw and you saw over and over again, you heard over and over again them screaming for him to stop, right? it wasnt as if it was just right there occurring. this individual is running away and was running towards the gate and was told over and over again to stop, ayman. >> reporter: that is correct, josé. the indivi...

He has in his left hand but hes holding something in his left hand and in his right hand, its fisted and you see coming right out of the fist what appears to be, like at least a five-inch or longer black blade. again, im not there. we werent. and you didnt know this was coming so you dont know. but it very clearly seems to show a man with a t-shirt, camouflage t-shirt, camouflage pants, an untucked t-shirt. these are important issues. holding what appears to be in his right hand a knife, in his ...

There has been no easing of the blockade. the israel blockade on the strip. egypt has not eased its opening of the border on its gaza strip to let in much needed supplies and to let people in and out. over the last several days at least six palestinians have been killed in clashes with zerls across the border where palestinians have tried to go to the border fence where israel maintains its presence and its security posture and demonstrated there, in some cases according to israeli officials pos...

He then ultimately evaded the checkpoint, made his way down there and thats when police opened fire. also what youre seeing right now, im going to have our cameraman pan, there is a group of palestinian men who are engaged in prayer right at the scene where the palestinian man was killed, where he was shot. you can see some of the members of the the media filming that as well. but these mem remembers of the community here have come and are now paying i guess their respects where this incident to...

Minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. continuing to cover breaking news here on msnbc. taking you back to east jerusalem, specifically to the damascus gate where moments ago authorities opened fire on a man who avoided past, ran past, over a secure checkpoint and was shot just meters, feet, from the actual damascus gate in east jerusalem. ayman mohyeldin has been covering the story from the first moments. ayman, you have more information? >> reporter: yeah. we want to bring yo...